
On the 12th of this month, a man will set off in a camper van with his wife with the north of Norway as his first destination. The rest of the trip will be on bicycle.
We’re off to Hordaland county in Norway now, where a man in his 40’s has found himself with the possibility of doing some jail time after shaving off his beard and gluing it to another man’s bald head to create a ‘beard toupee.’
The Bjørndalskolenes Musikkorps from Norway has chosen Almuñécar and La Herradura to celebrate their end of term festivities.
There is a very popular tourist attraction in Norway called Preikestolen, also known as the pulpit; a stunning vertical cliff face amounting to a 600 metre drop. Until now, nobody’s fallen off. However, a Spanish tourist has now become the first.
The plight of people being evicted from their homes has touched many hearts, not only here, in Spain, but also further afield; Norway, for example.
I would guess that more than 1000 people, mostly seniors, from the Nordic countries spend from 2-8 months in Almuñécar every year, enjoying the tropical climate, healthy food, good wine and friendly atmosphere that the town has to offer.
Autumn is Here
The older you get, the faster time flies. The signs of autumn are beginning to show here up North. The days are shorter, it is raining a lot, the forests are full of lingonberries and mushrooms and the elk hunt started today 24.9.
Friday 22nd July 2011 will forever be etched into our memory as the day when small, peaceful Norway was struck by large-scale terrorism for the first time in history.